Glazed Lemon Cake

Makes 8 servings

Kimberly Soltero

ingredients

1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8-inch cake pan with baking spray, or grease and flour the pan. Make sure that oven rack is in the middle of the oven.
2
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Set aside.
3
In a separate bowl, whisk the sugar and buttermilk together. Add the eggs and mix well. Add the vanilla and lemon zest and stir to combine. Gradually add flour mixture, stirring until smooth. Add oil and mix briefly to combine.
4
Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
5
While the cake bakes, prepare the glaze. Mix zest, juice, sugar, and vanilla in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring gently. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 4 minutes, until smooth. Set aside.
6
Remove cake from the oven and place on serving plate, top side up. Brush the top with the glaze. Let cool for 5 minutes, then brush with glaze again. Repeat once more before serving.